Shorty Benson of Turkey Creek Moonshiners
A 17 year old orphan known as Shorty Benson grows up amid moonshiners in Turkey Creek. Betrayed by Bill Evans and revenue officers, he dies saving the moonshiners from a raid. His grave bears a rough inscription: Shorty Benton aged 17. He was white clear through.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkey
Shorty Benson
Shorty
Benson
Bill Evans
Moonshinere
Folka
Moonciners
Bill Evane
Shorty Bangon
Cleeply
Bill Vans
United States
Evans
Atilla
Turkey Creak
Shorty Benton
Chicago Times
Royal and Paris Fair Fashion Through the Years
Description of summer boas on royalty at Windsor and a Neuilly fair display in Paris. Report notes swinging boat rides for fun items and metallic coins in fashion, with women adopting chic masculine accessories. Detailing pale blue blouses, navy serge skirts, and varied fabric patterns as current style cues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Paris
Ata
Society notes at Newport strain Astor circles and Saratoga roulette tale
Mrs. Frederick W. Vanderbilt presided at the piano for the King’s Daughters benefit at Newport. The Astor feud grows as Mrs Willis Astor vies with Mrs William Astor for social leadership, while a New York state senator’s roulette spree at Saratoga yields $800 from a $5 stake amid club chatter and press scrutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick W. Vanderbilt
New York
Newport
Astor
Wiliam Astor
Mrs. Astor
Willis’ Astor
Astors
Paran Stevens
New York City
Saratoga
Becanae
Sean Eambling
Novel Inventions And Oddities On Display In News Snapshot
A New Orleans broker freezes ten dollar gold pieces in artificial ice cakes carried by a boy to the exchange, the last coin melting to win all the pieces. A Fall River dock hand injures himself when sun and sleep cause a fall into a ship. Isaiah Matthews, a Baltimore colored man, robs a companion and swallows much of the stolen funds, expelling $1.97 in coins on demand. A new race in West Chester tests shoe removal and lace-up as contestants race with shoeless feet. A Washington woman mourning a dog wears black after Laddie’s death, while a traveler jokes about salt on a watermelon in a breakfast-room scene. A stray exchange of comic missteps, shop notices, and local ads closes the column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Fall River
Mase
Isaiah Matthews
Baltimore
Waat Chester
Wita
Washington
Laddie
Changing fortunes and a kitchen catastrophe
A collage of humorous fragments from early 20th century papers ends with a grisly toast to misfortune as a cup shatters and a husband is fatally struck in the neck. The assorted jokes, anecdotes, and headlines weave a portrait of domestic life and sensational news in brief, vivid vignettes.
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Society
Chicago Tribune
Hood
Rochester Shoe House
W. . Walsh
Harg’s Homimisas
Julius A. Haag
North Penn.st
Brocheater Shoe
Roger’s Silverware
Marcy’s
Infanta
Buffalo Shea House
Wash
Buffalo Shoe House
E. Wash
Munday's
Philadelphia Press
Shiles
William
Buffalo Courier
Bry
Arbolsalve
Cole
J. W. Cole & Co
Black River Salls
Moadleine
Indianapolis Water Company
Royal Fire Place
Purse LE & Medsker
North
Delaware Street
PARE
Theater
Indianapolis
J. W. McAndrews
Phoenix Garden
Cor
Meridian and Morrissis
Easterns
Buffalos
Irvington
Bown
H. Fowler
W. Wash
Bates House
Europe
America
Welithi
Cincinnati
White Sewing Machine Co
Pennsylvania
A. W. Hilliker
West
Elthor
Meliprepsid
Will Pantie
Mouse Pharmis
Tnndianapolis
Ind
Abett
M. D
Virginia Ave
Euess
Indianapsla
Lee
Hiladelphia Ae New Foret
Columbus
Richmond
Chicago
Louisville
Vincennes and Caird
Vincennes
Csiro
Lesses
Bethany Park
Wamiaila Line
Shohtu
ST Routh
ST. Louis
Terre Haute
Greencastle
Accor
Dering
Cleveland
Chicago & ST. Louis
Cleveland Division
Peoria
Louis Division
Dahon
ICE
Walnut St
ICH CO
Pdusiness
Uamer' School
Heeb & Osborn
Nerve Bean Co
Buffalo, N
Browning
E. Wach
Docuta Mfg. Co
Pullman's
Our
Illinois Street
Kentucky
Union Station
Dayton
Detroit
The
Indianapolis Sun
SUN
Scn
Hay & Willits
SUN ‘Building
Ohio St
Indiana
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